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What is the preeminent trading venue for industrial commodities in China now boasts a base metals portfolio that fully matches that of the London Metal Exchange, which dominates trading everywhere outside of China. Are Hong Kong and Shanghai future collaborators or potential competitors in the world of metals pricing? But there remains a wide gulf between...

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HONG KONG, Feb 27- China's yuan fell to its lowest level against the dollar in more than two years on Friday, raising questions about whether the world's second-largest economy will devalue its currency to avert a sharper economic slowdown. With fears of a global currency war rising, all eyes in Asia are focused on what China will do as it grapples with inflation...

LONDON, Feb 2- Crude oil prices rose on Monday as investors shrugged off a U.S. refinery strike and focused on a falling U.S. rig count that signalled lower production down the line. At 1438 GMT, Brent crude futures were up 50 cents at $53.50 a barrel, after leaping as high as $55.62 and dipping as low as $51.41, as the bulls battled with the bears. U.S. crude was up 55 cents at...

CEFC seems to be shifting to that role from an earlier image as a commodity trade financing player, "said a senior Beijing trader, referring to CEFC's practice of using mixed aromatics to raise bank loans to profit from the currency arbitrage. Besides hiring trading executives from state oil companies, CEFC is due to start up an 18- million-barrel tank farm on...

Wilmington, Del., Jan 30- Hedge funds lost a court bid to get extra cash for their shares of online family research site Ancestry.com Inc, in a ruling involving an increasingly popular hedge fund strategy. A Delaware judge ruled on Friday that a private equity firm paid a fair value of $32 per share in 2012 to acquire Ancestry.com and rejected hedge fund claims the...

Wilmington, Del., Jan 30- A Delaware judge ruled on Friday that a private equity firm paid a fair value of $32 per share to acquire Ancestry.com Inc and rejected hedge fund claims the price should have been as high as $47 per share. The online family research company was sold to European private equity firm Permira Advisors in 2012. The private equity firm paid 40...

SINGAPORE, Jan 27- U.S. exports of condensate have been given an important boost after pipeline company Enterprise Products Partners LP agreed annual contracts with at least two major trading companies to sell the light crude, trade sources said. Oil producers have been pressing to lift a 40- year-old U.S. ban on crude exports and the Department of Commerce...

NEW YORK, Jan 22- The discount for U.S. crude relative to Brent crude futures widened nearly 30 percent after weekly U.S. government data on Thursday showed a larger-than-expected U.S. crude stock build last week. The arbitrage moved from around $1.73 a barrel at 11:01 a.m. EST to as much as $2.29 a barrel at 11:40 a.m. EST. U.S. crude stocks jumped 10.1 million...

SINGAPORE, Jan 20- Oil markets opened to cautious trading in Asia on Tuesday ahead of data expected to show China's economy grew at the slowest pace in 24 years in 2014, stoking worries in energy markets already suffering from slowing demand and oversupply. Brent crude futures were trading at $48.90 per barrel at 0115 GMT, close to their last settlement, while U.S....

HONG KONG, Jan 16- China's yuan snapped a five-day gaining streak against the dollar and posted its biggest intraday daily loss in more than a month on Friday, as investors squared positions to cope with their losses in Swiss Franc market following a shock move by the Swiss cental bank. The Swiss National Bank shocked financial markets on Thursday by scrapping a...

*World Bank lowers global growth forecasts for 2015, 2016. Late on Tuesday, the World Bank lowered its 2015 and 2016 world economic growth forecasts, reinforcing worries about sluggish demand growth in the oversupplied energy markets. Brent fell 24 cents to $46.38 a barrel by 1:24 p.m. EST, after reaching a high of $47.14.

TOKYO, Jan 14- U.S. crude futures edged above $46 a barrel on Wednesday, helped by a flurry of short-covering as traders moved to cash in profitable short positions as the price trades not far from a near six-year low hit a day earlier. *NYMEX crude for February delivery was up 14 cents at $46.03 a barrel by 2345 GMT, after settling down 18 cents on Tuesday.

NEW YORK, Jan 13- Oil prices fell by up 3 percent to near six-year lows on Tuesday, with Brent briefly trading at par to U.S. crude for the first time in three months as some traders moved to take advantage of ample storage space in the United States. Brent was down $1.48 at $45.95 a barrel by 1850 GMT, after falling to $45.19, its lowest since March 2009.

"The stock market rallied and that helped U.S. crude and the $44 a barrel level had been a target number for traders and U.S. crude held above that early on Tuesday," said Phil Flynn, analyst at Price Futures Group in Chicago. U.S. crude had fallen to an April 2009 low of $44.20 earlier in the session before pulling back to trade down about 40 cents at $45.67 a barrel by...

*U.S. crude slips on API data, after closing up 2 cents near $56. NEW YORK, Dec 16- Brent crude futures fell for a fifth straight day on Tuesday to end below $60 a barrel while U.S. crude finished a volatile session slightly higher as trading of expiring options helped defend the price above $55. While both markets rebounded from session lows, U.S. crude saw frenzied...

*Brent closes down, but off lows at above $60. NEW YORK, Dec 16- Brent crude futures fell for a fifth straight day on Tuesday to end below $60 a barrel while U.S. crude finished a volatile session slightly higher as trading of expiring options helped defend the price above $55. While both markets rebounded from session lows, U.S. crude saw frenzied trading that pushed it...

*OPEC repeats intention to keep output steady despite glut. NEW YORK, Dec 15- Crude prices came under renewed pressure on Monday, and Brent hit five-year lows of nearly $60 a barrel after producer group OPEC said it would stick to its decision not to cut output despite fears of a world awash in oil. But oil later gave up its gains, with Brent turning negative and U.S....

*Brent down after report citing $60 oil outlook by Saudis. NEW YORK, Dec 3- U.S. crude closed higher on Wednesday at more than $67 after data showed a surprise tumble in inventories, but a report suggesting Saudi Arabia expected still lower prices for oil sent Brent below $70 a barrel. Brent closed lower after the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the...

SAO PAULO, Dec 3- Credit Suisse Group AG plans to open a hedge fund in Brazil called Gauss next year to offer new investment alternatives for clients, such as volatility arbitrage, executives said on Wednesday. The hedge fund, named after "the prince of mathematicians" Carl Gauss, will be managed by Fabio Okumura, former head of proprietary trading at Itaú Unibanco...

SAO PAULO, Dec 3- Credit Suisse Group AG plans to open a hedge fund in Brazil called Gauss next year to offer new investment alternatives for clients, such as volatility arbitrage, executives said on Wednesday. The hedge fund, named after "the prince of mathematicians" Carl Gauss, will be managed by Fabio Okumura, the former head of proprietary trading at Itaú...

It was jointly developed by Japan Exchange Group and Nikkei Inc. The index has been endorsed by some of Japan's most influential financial institutions. Last month, the Bank Of Japan said it will buy exchange-traded funds that track the JPX-Nikkei 400 when it tripled annual purchases of ETFs to about 3 trillion yen. The Government Pension Investment Fund,...